Free subscription to Spin

Get a free 1-year subscription to Spin Magazine, courtesy of Lollapalooza.

Via My Good Cents.

Free sample of Honey Nut Cheerios

Click through for a free sample of Honey Nut Cheerios, along with a $1 coupon, by mail. If the coupon is good on any size, you can get a free single serving bowl at Target, where the regular price on those is $1.

Via Common Sense with Money.

Free sample of Total Blueberry Pomegranate Cereal

Get a free sample of Total Blueberry Pomegranate Cereal at TotalCereal.com.

Via My Good Cents.

Get a free potty training kit from Pampers

Pampers is offering a free potty training kit that contains the following:

• A free sample of Easy Ups Trainers
• High-value coupons
• Fun stickers & coloring pages
• Step-by-step potty training tips
• Potty Progress Chart
• Dora or Diego training trophy

I can't say that these types of rewards ever worked with my kids, but I'll take a free diaper sample any day!

Via Bargain Briana.

Free pastry at Starbucks tomorrow (7/21 before 10:30 a.m.)

Print this coupon to get a free pastry at any Starbucks tomorrow, July 21, before 10:30 a.m. Note that you have to buy a beverage, and the coupon excludes certain stores, like those in airports and Barnes & Noble.

Coupon for free Ensure

Fill out this form at Ensure.com to get coupons for a free Ensure 8 oz. shake and one for savings on a six-pack. You can choose to have the coupon mailed to you or print it from your computer. (Note: I got a weird "California residents" message, but when I told it to proceed without downloading some permission slip, my request *seemed* to go through without a problem.)

Via A Full Cup.

Free Mambo Sprouts coupon book

Sign up now and get the next coupon book in September. You can have the coupon books mailed to your home three times a year.

Via A Full Cup.

Free Fiber One samples

Fill out this form for a free sample of Fiber One Honey Clusters cereal and Fiber One Oats & Chocolate Bar, plus $5 in coupons. Via Freebies 4 Mom.

Free Ziploc samples

The first 10,000 members of Right at Home to fill out this form will receive one full pack of Ziploc® Brand Sandwich Bags and one small Ziploc® Fresh Shield® Twist 'n Loc® Container. Via Freebies 4 Mom.

Sitter City: Free trial

Click on the banner and sign up to get a free 7-day trial membership in Sitter City, a service that matches parents and babysitters. The service allows you to run background checks, check references, and conduct interviews. (They have babysitters, nannies, senior caregivers, pet caregivers, house sitters, and tutors.) Baby Cheapskate wrote a review last January.

If you know that you definitely want to sign up for a paid membership with Sitter City, you can earn a $25 cash back rebate through shopping portal Cashbaq. I've yet to review Cashbaq for Chief Family Officer, but I've using it for a few months now and have been satisfied with it (it works a lot like Ebates). If you're new to Cashbaq, I'd appreciate it if you'd sign up through my referral link (you'll get a $5 sign up bonus and I'll get a small percentage of your rebate) - thank you!

Disclosure: The banner link is served by MySavings.com, and CFO is a MySavings.com affiliate.

Free Sample: Kotex Overnight

Click on the banner to sign up for a FREE sample pack including Kotex® Ultra Overnight Pads with Wings. I got my sample a while back and really liked it, especially the way it was narrower at the front than the back.

Disclosure: This link is served by MySavings.com, and CFO is a MySavings.com affiliate.

Two word movie review: Star Trek

Totally awesome.




Oh, you were hoping for more.

Okay.

As a long-time Star Trek fan, I waited more than a month for my chance to finally see the new movie with my darling husband. I spent the last month avoiding learning any details about the movie, and that was worth it too. I knew Leonard Nimoy was in it, but I thought it would just be a cameo, not that he'd be central to the plot. I spent the first few minutes thinking, What just happened? George Kirk doesn't die when Jim is born, Jim Kirk totally knew his dad.

And then: Amanda Grayson doesn't die like this. Spock's mom dies of old age. Oh my God, did they just obliterate Vulcan? Side note: A.C. Crispin's novel about Spock's dad, Sarek,is one of my very favorite Star Trek novels (and yes, I've read many).

So I was absolutely thrilled that they so cleverly created an alternate universe for this generation of characters. They won't be tied down by the stories that have already come to pass - which, I've heard, really hampered the writers for the more recent television series because they'd hear back, We already did that back in Episode 113, or, That conflicts with Episode 25 of the other series.

Plus, except for Uhura, the characters were perfectly cast. (There wasn't anything wrong with her, and she has a great look - although her similarity to Jada Pinkett Smith kind of bothered me - but her performance was very blah compared to the rest of the cast.) There were many laugh-out-loud moments, although if I had to pick a favorite scene, it would be when Bones is chasing Kirk around injecting him with various antidotes.

It really was a great movie - non-Star Trek fans got to see a great action film, while die-hard fans got a movie that stayed true to the things we love dearly but that was also fresh and exciting and new at the same time. So I'll say it again:

Totally awesome.

Free iTunes downloads for Facebook fans

Fans of iTunes on Facebook in the U.S. get a 10-song download that includes "two exclusive songs from Dave Matthews Band." (Exclusive to iTunes? I'm not sure.) Go to the "Featured" tab to get a free download of Depeche Mode's new song, "Wrong."

Via My Good Cents.

Free Burt's Bees lip balm

Burt's Bees is giving away 25,000 free lip balms – 1,000 every day for 25 days. It started a few days ago, but I wanted to wait to post this until I saw how it was working out – all too often, these free offers seem to run into snags (like the Oprah-affiliated free KFC promotion a few weeks ago).

The giveaway is between 9 a.m. to noon EDT every day through June 22, 2009. They've set it up to start at a random time during that window, so you'll just have to keep checking the site in the morning. I had some trouble getting it to load properly, probably because thousands of other people were also trying to do the exact same thing. I found it worked best to go to this page on the Burt's Bees site, and then periodically click the "sign up now" button on the bottom left until the form loaded.

Via Freebies4Mom. Congratulations to Heather, who is going to be on tomorrow's Tyra Banks show!

(Although, I must admit, I can't take Tyra seriously anymore after watching The Soup.)

Free subscription to CBS Watch! Magazine

The first 50,000 to sign up here get a free 2-year subscription to CBS Watch! Magazine. I've become a huge CSI:NY fan (thanks to the reruns on Spike, which were on when I was making dinner until just the other week), so I signed up immediately and am looking forward to getting my first issue!

Free Nexcare bandage sample

Nexcare is giving away free bandage samples to encourage the donation of blood. A limited number of samples are given away each day, so you can always try again the next day if the samples are gone.

Via A Full Cup.

Free Coldplay live album download

Starting today, you can download Coldplay's live album, Left Right Left Right Left, for free at Coldplay.com. It appears the download will be available for the rest of their tour, which to me looks like it ends on September 19 (but don't quote me on that). The album will also be given away at the remaining live shows starting today.

You can see a list of songs on the album, and yes, it does include "Viva la Vida" (yay!).

Note: The site is working beautifully for me right now (I've got 2 minutes remaining in my download) but it wasn't loading right an hour ago, so just be patient if it seems slow!

Free 8x10 at Walgreens - May 6 only

Get a free 8x10 from Walgreens Photo with code MOTHER. Select in-store pickup and get it totally free because you don't have to pay for shipping!

Free lifetime membership to Freepeats - today only

Freepeats is a site where you can swap baby gear with other local moms. Lifetime membership usually costs $4.95, but today only, you can join any of the groups for free!

One more Earth Day freebie: Reusable tote + 15% off at Walgreens

There's a Walgreens printable coupon good today only for a free reusable tote bag plus 15% off most items in the store (and 20% off store brand products). Happy Earth Day!

Via Common Sense with Money.

Previously: Earth Day Freebies
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